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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
10-Jun-25 Top 5 At 5
(5:00 PM)
Top 5 at 5: What's Inside The BBC Storm?
Jonathan Munro, BBC News Global Director, and Director of the BBC World Service
03-Dec-24 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Ahmed Alnaouq on Gaza and How the World Failed the Moral Litmus Test
Ahmed Alnaouq, Journalist & Activist
21-Nov-24 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Why We Need a Media Council
Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
04-Oct-24 What's The Focus
(9:30 AM)
WTF: Why Politicians And Freebies Shouldn't Mix
19-Aug-24 Pressing Matters
(9:30 AM)
BTS Of The Greatest Show On Earth
Ira Porter, Journalist, The Monitor
29-May-24 Morning Brief
(7:30 AM)
Contradictions In Madani Govt Media Freedom Commitment
Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism
27-May-24 Today I Learned
(2:00 PM)
How to Write Creatively
Sharmilla Ganesan, writer, journalist, and arts & culture critic
20-May-24 Pressing Matters
(9:30 AM)
Governments Are Failing Journalists
Cédric Alviani, Director, RSF Asia-Pacific Bureau
01-Apr-24 Pressing Matters
(9:30 AM)
WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich's Wrongful Detention
Gordon Fairclough, World Coverage Chief, Wall Street Journal
27-Jan-23 Good Things
(3:00 PM)
Mahi Ramakrishnan: Journalist, Filmmaker, Activist
Mahi Ramakrishnan, Founder, Beyond Borders
15-Jul-22 Enterprise Explores
(12:00 PM)
What’s Up With Uber’s Data Leak And Is It Ethical?
Kelly Koh, Programme Officer , Sinar Project
17-May-22 Evening Edition
(7:00 PM)
Protecting The Press
Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre For Independent Journalism (CIJ)
07-Mar-22 Redefining Success
(2:00 PM)
IWD 2022: The Freedom to Tell Stories
Ushar Daniele, Independent Journalist
07-Mar-22 Pressing Matters
(9:30 AM)
Behind the Byline: Stories of Women Journalists
Reta Lee, Editor, "The Stories Women Journalists Tell"
03-May-21 Evening Edition
(7:00 PM)
Steps Towards Sustainable Press Freedom
Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor of Media and Communications, University of Nottingham Malaysia
03-May-21 Live & Learn
(2:00 PM)
World Press Freedom Day 2021: A Chat with a Myanmar Journalist
Cape Diamond, Journalist
 
 




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Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives.

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst, Foord Asset Management, tells us where international markets are heading.

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals.

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

George Chen, partner and co-chair of the Digital Practice at The Asia on the future of the tech industry.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

Hafiza Abdul Samath of Women Aid Organization (WAO) discusses teenage pregnancy and what more can be done to support at-risk teens.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Jason Fong of Invest Hong Kong discusses the department’s strategy for attracting family offices to the territory.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr. Amit Ranjan, National University of Singapore gives us an update on Bangladeshi politics.

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

(REPEAT) We dive into the local and international news that matters to you.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst, Foord Asset Management, tells us where international markets are heading.

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) We take a look at the FBM KLCI as well as regional capital markets.

9:35 AM

What's The Focus

We wrap up the week’s biggest conversations to keep you in the know.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Yoann Gueguen & Onno Pfeiffer, Co-founders of Diolko, on building Southeast Asia’s first urban logistics-on-rail system to cut delivery emissions and congestion.

11:00 AM

Mattsplained

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Kiranjit Singh, Regional APAC Lead at Ipsos Strategy3, on why Malaysians are redefining “old age” and showing greater optimism about later life.

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Jason Fong of Invest Hong Kong discusses the department’s strategy for attracting family offices to the territory.

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

3:05 PM

Front Row

Award-winning playwright Adriana Nordin Manan's "Wacky Double Bill: Borong & Encyclopedia" explores the wit, warmth, and weirdness of two scenarios: colleagues vying for their boss's approval and a cross-cultural encounter gone wrong. We speak with Adriana and producer/designer Sidhart Joe Dev.

3:20 PM

Front Row

"Fragments of Tuah," a new documentary theatre work, deconstructs the historical figure of Hang Tuah through music, performance, and archival research, exposing gaps and contradictions in the familiar tale. Co-creators Mark Teh and Faiq Syazwan Kuhiri discuss their collaborative process.

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Are MRI machines safe? We explore the unusual death of a man sucked into an MRI machine and how to improve safety.

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

This week we review the latest creepy-child horror film to hit the scene, Zach Cregger’s Weapons, followed by a discussion about the different types of horror movies out there.

7:00 PM

Just For Kicks

The 2025/26 Premier League kicks off with Manchester United hosting Arsenal amid blockbuster signings across the top clubs, as Liverpool reload, City splurge, Chelsea splash out, and Spurs reboot—all covered in this week’s Just For Kicks.

8:00 PM

Bar None

Lauren Hoh Ruyi joins us to share her football journey so far and her observations of the women's game here.

9:00 PM

The Selector

Covering all styles of music from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, electro and everything in between.